Buckle for wearing-apparel



EDWARD PARKER, OF PLYMOUTH, CONNECTICUT.

BUCKLE FOR WEARINGr-APPAREL.

Speccation of Letters Patent No. 15,666, dated September 2, 1856.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD PARKER, ofPlymouth, in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in theConstruction` of Buckles;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXactdescription of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l, is a face Viewof a blank, showing the form of the bow and loop as they are struck orswagedpfrom a met-al plate. Fig. 2, is a face view of my improvementcompleted. Fig. 3, is a transverse section of Fig. l, the plane ofsection being through the center. Fig. 4l, is a transverse section ofFig. 2, the plane of section being through the center.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention consistsin striking or swaging the bow and loop in onepiece from a metal plate and securing the tongue there in by bendingthecenter cross piece which divides the bow and loop around the shank ofthe tongue, as will be presently described.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents the bow and B, is the loop which are divided by a crosspiece C. These parts are all struck or swaged in one piece from a metalplate. The cross piece C, is somewhat wider than the other portions ofthe blank and have two recesses c, a, cut

in one edge, said recesses being a suitable distance apart, the distancebeing equal to the length of the shank of the tongue.

The tongue D, is formed of a single piece of wire bent as shown in Figs.1 and 2, so as to form the prongs b, o, c being the shank. The shank c,is placed behind or underneath the cross piece C, the ends of the prongsb, b, resting uponithe outer end of the bow A, as shown in Figs. 1 and3, and the edges of the cross piece C, are bent by any proper meansaround the shank C, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, and the prongs Z9, areallowed to work in the recesses o, c. By bending the cross piece C,around the shank c, the tongue is firmly secured in the bow and the bowand loop may be bent or swaged in concave form with any ornamentaldesign or gure upon them.

'Ilie `above mode of construction is eX- tremely simple and a durableand economical buckle is obtained thereby.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

. Swaging or cutting the blank, or, the bow A and loop B, entire or inone piece from a metal plate and securing the tongue D, in the buckle bybending or closing the cross piece C, around the shank c, substantiallyas shown and described.

EDWARD PARKER.`

Witnesses ARTHUR GIDDINGS, SYLvEsTnR MATTHEWS.

